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Syncthing
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This is the Syncthing project which pursues the following goals:
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1. Define a protocol for synchronization of a folder between a number of
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collaborating devices. This protocol should be well defined, unambiguous,
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easily understood, free to use, efficient, secure and language neutral.
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This is called the [Block Exchange
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Protocol](https://github.com/syncthing/specs/blob/master/BEPv1.md).
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2. Provide the reference implementation to demonstrate the usability of
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said protocol. This is the `syncthing` utility. We hope that
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alternative, compatible implementations of the protocol will arise.
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The two are evolving together; the protocol is not to be considered
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stable until Syncthing 1.0 is released, at which point it is locked down
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for incompatible changes.
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Getting Started
---------------
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Take a look at the [getting started
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guide](http://docs.syncthing.net/intro/getting-started.html).
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There are a few examples for keeping Syncthing running in the background
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on your system in [the etc directory](https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/blob/master/etc).
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There is an IRC channel, `#syncthing` on Freenode, for talking directly
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to developers and users.
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Building
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Building Syncthing from source is easy, and there's a
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[guide](http://docs.syncthing.net/dev/building.html).
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that describes it for both Unix and Windows systems.
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Signed Releases
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As of v0.10.15 and onwards, git tags and release binaries are GPG signed
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with the key D26E6ED000654A3E (see https://syncthing.net/security.html).
For release binaries, MD5 and SHA1 checksums are calculated and signed,
available in the md5sum.txt.asc and sha1sum.txt.asc files.
Documentation
=============
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Please see the [Syncthing
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documentation site](http://docs.syncthing.net/).
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All code is licensed under the
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[MPLv2 License](https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/blob/master/LICENSE).